Introduction to Summation
Description
A detailed tutorial of summation. Step by step tutorial including several examples of summation for reference.
Overview
Summation is a simple concept – notice its similarity to the word sum. In simple terms, summation simply means the addition of a set of numbers, the result being their sum or total. The summation notation is especially useful when you are given a large set of numbers to work with. The summation notation is expressed as a large capital Sigma (a Greek letter), and when given number values the notation would look like this:
